13 must-read short stories books like Flies by Robert Silverberg

Flies

By: Robert Silverberg

3.25

Format: None pages, None

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Cover of Way Station by Clifford D. Simak

1. Way Station

By: Clifford D. Simak

4.03

Format: 210 pages, Paperback

Enoch Wallace is an ageless hermit, striding across his untended farm as he has done for over a cen… read more

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  • science fiction
"Delectable,"

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"He needed sun and soil and wind to remain a man."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"Here lies one from a distant star, but the soil is not alien to him, for in death he belongs to the universe."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

"He had given them everything that a human being had with the one exception of that most important thing of all -- the ability to exist within the human world."

-Clifford D. Simak, Way Station

Cover of We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1) by Dennis E. Taylor

2. We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

By: Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Format: 383 pages, Kindle Edition

Alternate Cover Edition can be found here. Bob Johansson has just sold his software company and… read more

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  • science fiction
"Above my pay grade!"

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Thank God for family. And than GOD for a couple of miles of distance."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

"Um. Ways in which a sentence beginning with the word "missiles" could be a good thing... Nope. I got nuthin'."

-Dennis E. Taylor, We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

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3. Forbidden

By: Tabitha Suzuma

1.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on … read more

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4. We

By: Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown

3.89

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

The exhilarating dystopian novel that inspired George Orwell's 1984 and foreshadowed the worst exce… read more

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  • science fiction
"Her smile was a bite, and I was its target."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"There is no final one; revolutions are infinite."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"knowledge, absolutely sure of its infallibility, is faith"

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

"You're in a bad way! Apparently, you have developed a soul."

-Yevgeny Zamyatin, We

Cover of I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream by Harlan Ellison, Theodore Sturgeon

5. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."

-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

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6. I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

By: Isaac Asimov

4.21

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Isaac Asimov's I, Robot launches readers on an adventure into a not-so-distant future where man and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
"Su misma superioridad lo perdió"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is no Master but the Master,"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"No hay manera de diferenciar un robot de un ser humano bueno"

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

"There is nothing so eternally adhesive as the memory of power."

-Isaac Asimov, I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

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7. Understand

By: Ted Chiang , None

3.93

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Leon is a former coma victim, who has gone experimental medical treatment to repair the massive tra… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2) by Dan Simmons

8. The Fall of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #2)

By: Dan Simmons

3.77

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In the stunning continuation of the epic adventure begun in Hyperion, Simmons returns us to a far f… read more

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  • science fiction
Cover of Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) by Dan Simmons

9. Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

By: Dan Simmons

4.27

Format: 500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

On the world called Hyperion, beyond the law of the Hegemony of Man, there waits the creature calle… read more

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  • science fiction
"You have to live to really know things, my love"

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"In such seconds of decision entire futures are made."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

"The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals."

-Dan Simmons, Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1)

10. Dangerous Visions

By: Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

The most honored anthology of fantastic fiction ever published, featuring the works of such luminar… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft, China Miéville, S.T. Joshi

11. At the Mountains of Madness

By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia by Ursula K. Le Guin

12. The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.25

Format: 387 pages, Paperback

Shevek, a brilliant physicist, decides to take action. He will seek answers, question the unquestio… read more

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  • science fiction
"... “Dangerous!"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Freedom is never very safe."

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Who do you think is lying to us?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

"Where does your soul go when you die in Hell?"

-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia

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13. Redshirts

By: John Scalzi

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Ensign Andrew Dahl has just been assigned to the Universal Union Capital Ship Intrepid, flagship of… read more

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  • science fiction
"Sooner or later the Narrative will come for each of us."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"Who are you and what medications aren't you taking?" Finn said."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

"In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly."

-John Scalzi, Redshirts

14. The Lathe of Heaven

By: Ursula K. Le Guin

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

George Orr is a man who discovers he has the peculiar ability to dream things into being -- for bet… read more

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Cover of Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) by James S.A. Corey

15. Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

By: James S.A. Corey

4.31

Format: 592 pages, Paperback

Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars … read more

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  • science fiction
"GOODY. MY SPLEEN IS COLLAPSING. HURRY UP."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Fish and company start to smell after three days."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Nothing like a little shared racism to build ties with the boss."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

"Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore."

-James S.A. Corey, Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)

16. Riders of the Purple Wage

By: Philip José Farmer

2.62

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

A collection of short science fiction takes readers on a voyage through time with St. Francis, into… read more

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17. Shards of Honour (Vorkosigan Saga, #1)

By: Lois McMaster Bujold

3.27

Format: None pages, Paperback

When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is t… read more

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18. The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind #1)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.26

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

Terry Pratchett's profoundly irreverent, bestselling novels have garnered him a revered position in… read more

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19. Carcinoma Angels

By: Norman Spinrad

5.00

Format: 172 pages, online

a short story chronicling the amazing life of Harrison Wintergreen. read more

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20. Ringworld (Ringworld, #1)

By: Larry Niven

4.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

Pierson's puppeteers, three-leg two-head aliens find immense structure in unexplored part of the un… read more

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21. Gonna Roll the Bones

By: Fritz Leiber , David Wiesner

3.96

Format: 464 pages, Hardcover

Joe Slattermill is about to experience a night he will never forget. Tired of his decrepit house, h… read more

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22. Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

By: Martha Wells

4.38

Format: 176 pages, Kindle Edition

Murderbot wasn’t programmed to care. So, its decision to help the only human who ever showed it res… read more

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  • science fiction
"Why is this ship so old and shitty?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"I was having an emotion, and I hate that."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"Once I started telling the truth, it was hard to stop."

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

"But they were humans— who knows why they did anything?"

-Martha Wells, Exit Strategy (The Murderbot Diaries, #4)

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23. The Jigsaw Man

By: Larry Niven

3.73

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In a future where immortality can be achieved through the organ transplants, death row criminals be… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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24. A Toy for Juliette

By: Robert Bloch

4.08

Format: None pages, None

Robert Bloch's work is already one that stirs up the nerve and ensures goosebumps and chills all ov… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

25. Evensong

By: Lester del Rey

3.23

Format: 3 pages, None

Originally published in Harlan Ellison's classic anthology, Dangerous Visions , here is Lester del … read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of The Recognition by J.G. Ballard

26. The Recognition

By: J.G. Ballard

3.00

Format: None pages, None

Short story published in Dangerous Visions, Oct. 1967. read more

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  • short stories

27. The Day After The Day The Martians Came

By: Frederik Pohl

2.95

Format: None pages, Audiobook

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

28. Flies

By: Robert Silverberg

3.25

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories

29. Ersatz

By: Henry Slesar

2.10

Format: 3 pages, Hardcover

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  • science fiction

30. Doll-House, The

By: James Cross

3.38

Format: 20 pages, Hardcover

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
Cover of Eutopia by Poul Anderson

31. Eutopia

By: Poul Anderson

2.36

Format: None pages, None

Short story published in the anthology Dangerous Visions, edited by Harlan Ellison. read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

22 Best science fiction books like Flies by Robert Silverberg

Transform Your Habits

Way Station

Clifford D. Simak

4.03

Transform Your Habits

We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (Bobiverse, #1)

Dennis E. Taylor

4.28

Transform Your Habits

We

Yevgeny Zamyatin , Clarence Brown

3.89

Transform Your Habits

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

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12 Top short stories books like The Day After The Day The Martians Came by Frederik Pohl

Transform Your Habits

I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream

Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon

3.90

Transform Your Habits

I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)

Isaac Asimov

4.21

Dangerous Visions

Isaac Asimov , John Brunner , Robert Silverberg , Carol Emshwiller , Fritz Leiber , Michael Moorcock , Frederik Pohl , Roger Zelazny , Robert Bloch , Damon Knight , Philip K. Dick , Keith Laumer , Norman Spinrad , Harlan Ellison , Larry Niven , Brian W. Aldiss , Theodore Sturgeon , Poul Anderson , Lester del Rey , Samuel R. Delany , J.G. Ballard , R.A. Lafferty , Philip José Farmer , Joe L. Hensley , Henry Slesar , Sonya Dorman , Kris Neville , David R. Bunch , James Cross , None , Miriam Allen deFord , None , None , None

3.45

Transform Your Habits

At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi

4.00

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